the government cannot do this alone. businesses need to be aware of cyber security problems and to be proactive in adopting best practices to protect themselves and our economy. to tell us more about this groundbreaking executive order, i am pleased we have the white house cyber security coordinator with us. i hope he will welcome one of our leading lines -- i hope you ill welcome and one of our ofminds. michael daniel. [applause] >> thank you, madam secretary for that generous introduction. we will see if my kids continue to sink if i am one of the leading minds in that area. thank you for hosting the event today. it is great to see this many people here from trade associations, and history, think tanks and other groups. we have a wide range of people. i think the wide range of the audience and the size of the crowd shows up critical cyber security has become. i think all of you for your support. yesterday the administration took a big step forward and cyber security. as the president announced, he signed an executive o